Graphic Design Articles and Winners!
Posted on 05'08 Mar

The time has come to announce the winners of the $5000 Graphic Design Articles Writing Project that started just over 3 weeks ago. The winners were drawn via random.org. Congratulations to all winners!
I will be holding another great contest shortly so don’t forget to subscribe!
Prize Winners
To view the full prize details please read the original post. Winners: To claim your prize please contact the sponsor (via links on the original post) and if you have any troubles please do not hesitate to contact me.
- Electric Guitar and all accessories
Winner: PJ from Premium WordPress Themes - Stock Package ($500 worth of Vectors and 80 Photoshop Brushes, 55 iStock credits)
Winner: Anthony from Positive Space Blog - ReDesign Package (Design Consultation, Logo, Header design, Advertising)
Winner: James from MenWithPens - ReDesign Package #2 (Logo Design, Consultation, Critique, Advertising)
Winner: Meryl from Meryl.net - One Hour Blog Consultation from DailyBlogTips
Winner: Cecile Pryor from BlogZenith - Blog Header Design from Graphic Identity
Winner: Dexter from Techathand.net
- Blog Review from Bloggeries
Winner: Nur Ahmad Furlong from Nomad One
- Two Months advertising on JCD
Winner: John Breo from Chemist2dio
- Sandisk USB Multi Memory Card Reader for Mobiles
Winner: Liz from Learning Nerd
- Save 39% off any magazine subscription from www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk
Winner: Jillian from Minty Ferret - Ultimate WebMaster Pack
Winner: Andrew from WP Fun - 260×120px banner for 1 month on Freelance Folder.
Winner: Vijay from Contest Radar - 160×240 advertising spot on the MintyFerret.
Winner: Erica DeWolf from Erica DeWolf
- One Year Flickr Pro account
Winner: David Airey from David Airey
- Blog Critque and Review
Winner: Ann Smarty from SEO Smarty
- One gold subscription good for one year at GetAbstract.com
Winner: Audee from Graphic Identity
- 30 minute Skype type chat discussion on industrial design or product design
Winner: Chris Spooner from SpoonGraphics
- Three months text link advertising on Chemist2dio Labs
Winner: Jason from JasonSlater
UPDATE: 2 New prizes!
There are now 2 more prizes as I realised that I only gave out one of three prizes donated by Ann Smarty. She offered 3 gold subscriptions to GetAbstract.com however I gave all three to one person by mistake. That means there are 2 more prizes, the next winners in the list were…
- Winner: Vivien from Inspiration Bit
- Winner: Verne Ho from Creative Briefing
Congratulations to the winners & a huge thank you to all our sponsors!
Thank you to all Sponsors
As promised in the original post, I would give away nine 16×16 advertising squares on Just Creative Design to a random nine sponsors. Please send me a 16×16 square to me by the end of March so I can put you up for the month of April. The winners of the 9 spots were:
- Chris Spooner
- Daniel
- Audee
- Verne Ho
- Jason
- Ronald
- Jacob Share
- Vivien
- Lauren
I also promised a pack of 80 Photoshop brushes to all sponsors… if you would like this please email me.
Read The Articles, Link Up and Subscribe
Designer Bits
- Creative Design by committee is OK, but who wants OK? – Submitted by Jason
- 3 Devastating Mistakes that every designer makes and how to avoid them – Submitted by Lauren
- The Lucky 7 Graphic Design Stretches – Submitted by Yonatan
Web Design
- Maybe Some Clients Are Just Not Ready for a Sophisticated Website – Submitted by Anthony
- 4 Must Have Firefox Extensions for Website Designers – Submitted by Firewalker
- Design Process of making a WordPress Theme – Submitted by Andrew
- Behind The Scenes of Exquisite Web Typography – Submitted by Vivien
HTML and CSS
- The Basics of (X)HTML Tags (Video Tutorial) – Submitted by Learning Nerd
- Using CSS Themes without Coding Knowledgee – Submitted by Erica
Logo Design
- All About Paul Rand – Submitted by David Airey (Logo Design Love Blog)
Social Network
- Design Forums and Social Design Niche Social Media sites you have always wanted – Submitted by Audee
- 5 Great Social Networks for you – Submitted by Mirko
Content and Review
- How Far Will Your Blog Graphic Design Bring You? – Submitted by Dexter.
- Are You Neglecting Good Looks in Favor of Great Content? – Submitted by James
- Real Life Examples of Why Content Reigns and Design Boosts – Submitted by Meryl
- 8 Things That Intimidate Me About Graphic Design – Submitted by Ronald on Viviens Blog.
Colour
- Color Branding: Geographic and Niche Targeting – Submitted by Ann Smarty
- The Ultimate Guide To Designing In Black – Submitted by Chris
Tutorial
- How To Use Photoshop to make notepad sketches (tutorial) – Submitted by Verne Ho
- How to Create Vector Wings (Tutorial) – Submitted by John Breo
Design Optimizing
- Vector vs Bitmap Graphics – Submitted by Cecile
- 9 Best Practices for Email Design – Submitted by Verne Ho
- The Basic Elements of Graphic Design – Submitted by PJ
Thanks to everyone who has participated in anyway!
Also if a prize is not very applicable to you or your business, it’d be greatly appreciated if you host your own prize giveaway, so the sponsors can gain some extra exposure and link love. Your readers will thank you for it too. Who doesn’t love prizes?
What were your favourite articles?




25 JUST™ Creative Comments
I didn’t get any prize, congratulations for the winners.
firewalker’s last blog post..Artwork: Warglaive of Azinoth Vector
Hi Jacob,
Looks like a great list of graphic design articles. I’ll come back to look through them when I have a little more time. Oh, and I won a prize! How about that? ;)
David Airey’s last blog post..Business blog logo designs
I won the graphic Design … Yippeee.. Thanks
Dexter | Techathand.net’s last blog post..Beware : Blogspot is Marking Some Site as ” potential spam blog “
Wow, that’s very cool! I’m envious of PJ’s prize but I’m certainly happy with mine, and I know exactly what to do with it :)
Congrats to everyone, and thanks very much to Jacob for holding the contest (and being a reader on our blog, too!)
James Chartrand – Men with Pens’s last blog post..The Classic Entrepreneur: Exploring the Brighter Side
congratulation for the winners!!
may you get an exchange link or back link??
let’s visit my blog at yaqien design, my website talk about graphic design, my portfolio, and graphic design tutorial with freehand, firework and photoshop
ok, thanks and success
noe yaqien’s last blog post..grafity with freehand
OMG! I won, first online winning, hehe. Although I did not win the fender guitar, my prize sure was one of the prizes I wanted.
Anyways congrats everyone, thanks for the great articles and the link love, and to Jacob of course!
I hope there’d be more graphic design group writing contest like this one, like say next week? :D
John Breo’s last blog post..How to create Vector Wings
Oh my, I can’t believe that I won the guitar! I used to play guitar years ago, and I still dabble with the saxophone and keyboard, and write songs…
I’m based in the UK, so the postage costs might be prohibitive; if that is the case I may decide to hold a contest on my own blogs for the guitar.
Thanks, Jacob for holding this splendid extravaganza. Thanks to Mohd Rafie too.
PJ’s last blog post..Bernadot Studios
Just read the original post and realised that Mohd Rafie appears to be also based in the UK, and had offered free worldwide postage for the prize. How generous was that?!
PJ’s last blog post..Bernadot Studios
Cool, I won something! There are lots of great articles here and I just learned a few new things with the first link that I clicked. I hope other people click along as well.
Jacob
Congrats to all
Toon@Design Forum’s last blog post..Google Offers Secondary Search Boxes
Jacob, thanks for organizing this group writing contest. Lots interesting articles.
Mirko’s last blog post..On selling designers selling web products
congratulations to everyone!
Jacob, you should link the prizes to their hosts/sponsors, otherwise people are getting confused. I’m getting emails from other winners who didn’t win my prize and asking me for the blog review.
inspirationbit’s last blog post..Behind The Scenes Of Exquisite Web Typography
Wow! This is the first time I ever win a contest…two winning spots at once :D
Thank you Jacob and all the participants! The article entries are totally insightful and I have read some of them. I will read the rest for sure and spread my link love soon
Congratulation to the winners ;)
A u d e e’s last blog post..Feed Flare Grand Opening Contest!
I am so excited! I won a prize!!
Cecile’s last blog post..Photo Dropper Plugin
Thanks, I am really excited to receive my GO Media Vector Pack and iStock Credits!
Zinni’s last blog post..Barackas.com Design Rationale (Behind the Scenes of a Personal Project)
Awesome, I won the memory card reader! I could actually make good use of that. :) Thanks for putting this whole thing together, Jacob. And did I hear “another contest”? I can’t wait!
LearningNerd’s last blog post..LearningNerd’s Site Redesign and Two Design Contests
If anyone would like my prize (Save 39% off any magazine subscription from http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk) just let me know!
Erica DeWolf, congratulations on winning the advertising spot! Give me a shout at flammula@gmail.com and we’ll work out the details.
Minty Ferret’s last blog post..Photoshop is YOUR Cash Machine – Part One
Awesome! Vijay, drop me an e-mail anytime for the 1 month banner on FreelanceFolder (I couldn’t find a way to contact you through Contest Radar) Cheers :)
Thanks for holding this contest Jacob, I’m a happy sponsor :)
Jon Phillips’s last blog post..Are All Online Entrepreneurs In A Hurry?
Congratualtions to all winners and of course the generous sponsors :) and good luck to everyone for the next contest that will be held soon.
If anyone has any problems with their sponsors or contacting them, please let me know.
Thanks for the prize Jacob! Jon has contacted me, and I am looking forward to the next contest!
Vijay’s last blog post..Get $20 For Blogging With WRevenue
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